Compendium of New England Descendants (Rev. 3 Nov 2009)

Ruth Foster¹

b. 30 August 1781, d. 13 April 1859

Ruth Foster|b. 30 Aug 1781\nd. 13 Apr 1859|p646.htm#i49180|Philemon Foster|b. 11 Jun 1737\nd. 10 May 1818|p644.htm#i49173|Ruth Perley|b. 2 Sep 1747\nd. 10 Apr 1834|p1357.htm#i48494|||||||David Perley|b. 25 Oct 1702\nd. 1 Sep 1787|p1331.htm#i48249|Elizabeth Jewett|b. 1708\nd. 4 May 1768|p1015.htm#i48485|

Relationship=4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Ruth Foster was born on 30 August 1781.¹ She was the daughter of Philemon Foster and Ruth Perley.¹ She and William Conant Jr., Esq. published their marriage intention on 13 November 1801, and settled in Linebrook Parish, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.¹

Ruth Foster was at one time the only member of the local church. Between 1816 and 1824, she wrote many religious letters to her neighbors and others, and in 1831 published a sixty-page pamphlet of them.²

Mrs. Ruth Conant

She died on 13 April 1859 at age 77 DIED
Nov. 19, 1858
Æt 86 yrs. 4 m's.

RUTH,
his wife died
April 13, 1859,
Æt 77 yrs. 6 m's.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.".²

Last Edited=29 Aug 2009

Children of Ruth Foster and William Conant Jr., Esq.

William Foster Conant²
Gilbert Conant+² b. 1 Aug 1804, d. 21 Mar 1885
Daniel Conant+² b. 11 Mar 1806, d. 13 Aug 1882
Elizabeth Conant² b. 14 May 1809, d. 19 Feb 1810
Cyrus Conant² b. 14 Apr 1811, d. 5 Jul 1819
Elizabeth Conant² b. 15 Feb 1815, d. 10 Feb 1817
Harriet Atwood Conant² b. 13 Mar 1818, d. 22 Oct 1886
Eleanor Emerson Conant² b. 9 Apr 1821, d. 19 Oct 1879
Abigail Tenney Conant² b. 7 Jun 1825, d. 8 Jan 1844

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 83.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 84.

Sally Foster

b. about 1764

Relationship=4th great-grandmother of Steven George Levine.
Reference=0097

Charts: Descendants of Daniel and Esther Cheever
Descendants of Thomas and Rose (Trippe) Hammond

Sally Foster was born about 1764.¹

She married Caleb Woodward, son of Caleb Woodward and Hannah Cheever, on 1 December 1785 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.²
The census of 1790 shows

Males	over 16	1	[probably Caleb]
	under 16	2	[probably Benjamin & Caleb]
Females		2	[probably Sally & Nancy]

, and Sally Foster living at Washington, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
The census of 1800 shows

Head of Family	Caleb	Woodward
Free white males	under 10 years of age	1	[probably John]
	of 10 and under 16	2	[probably Benjamin & Caleb]
	of 26 and under 45	1	[probably Caleb]
Free white females	under 10 years of age	3	[probably Olive, Sarah, & unknown]
	of 10 and under 16	1	[probably Nancy]
	of 16 and under 26	[unknown]
	of 26 and under 45	1	[probably Sally]

, and Sally Foster living at Washington.

Last Edited=8 Oct 2007

Children of Sally Foster and Caleb Woodward

Benjamin Woodward+ b. 19 May 1786, d. 1823
Nancy Woodward+ b. 11 Apr 1788, d. 30 Jul 1830
Capt. Caleb Woodward+ b. 24 Dec 1789
John Woodward+ b. 8 Mar 1792, d. 22 Feb 1843
Sarah Woodward+ b. 16 May 1795, d. 16 Sep 1866
Olive Woodward b. 31 Aug 1798, d. 3 Feb 1810
Elliot Woodward+ b. 26 Nov 1801, d. 18 Jan 1833

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Assumption.
Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston: New-England historic genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund, (1904) , p. 110.

Sarah Foster¹

b. 30 July 1770

Sarah Foster|b. 30 Jul 1770|p646.htm#i49175|Philemon Foster|b. 11 Jun 1737\nd. 10 May 1818|p644.htm#i49173|Ruth Perley|b. 2 Sep 1747\nd. 10 Apr 1834|p1357.htm#i48494|||||||David Perley|b. 25 Oct 1702\nd. 1 Sep 1787|p1331.htm#i48249|Elizabeth Jewett|b. 1708\nd. 4 May 1768|p1015.htm#i48485|

Relationship=4th cousin 6 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Sarah Foster was born on 30 July 1770, and probably died young.¹ She was the daughter of Philemon Foster and Ruth Perley.¹

Last Edited=28 Aug 2009

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 83.

Sarah Foster¹

b. 24 February 1807, d. 27 August 1888

Sarah Foster|b. 24 Feb 1807\nd. 27 Aug 1888|p646.htm#i49191|Philemon Foster|b. 5 Feb 1779\nd. 26 Nov 1845|p645.htm#i49179|Nabby Hobbs of Topsfield|b. 1778 or 1779\nd. 22 Sep 1857|p933.htm#i49188|Philemon Foster|b. 11 Jun 1737\nd. 10 May 1818|p644.htm#i49173|Ruth Perley|b. 2 Sep 1747\nd. 10 Apr 1834|p1357.htm#i48494|||||||

Relationship=5th cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Sarah Foster was born on 24 February 1807.² She was the daughter of Philemon Foster and Nabby Hobbs of Topsfield.¹

She married Daniel Proctor Pingree on 15 December 1827.²

She died on 27 August 1888 at age 81.²

Last Edited=29 Aug 2009

Children of Sarah Foster and Daniel Proctor Pingree

Melinda Pingree² b. 11 Jun 1829
Mary Abigail Pingree² b. 8 Jul 1831, d. 6 Jan 1860
David Philemon Pingree² b. 27 Jun 1833, d. 1 May 1838
David Mighill Pingree+² b. 16 Jul 1839
Lydia Elizabeth Pingree+² b. 6 Jul 1844

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 83.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 86.

Sarah Foster¹

b. 16 November 1701

Sarah Foster|b. 16 Nov 1701|p646.htm#i55433|Richard Foster|b. 10 Aug 1663\nd. 27 Dec 1781|p645.htm#i55415|Parnell Winslow|b. s 1665\nd. 21 Aug 1706|p1807.htm#i55426|William Foster|b. 1617/18\nd. 8 May 1698|p646.htm#i55411|Anne Brackenbury|b. 1627/28\nd. 22 Sep 1714|p162.htm#i55412|||||||

Relationship=1st cousin 9 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Sarah Foster was born on 16 November 1701.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Foster and Parnell Winslow.¹

Last Edited=27 Oct 2009

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James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary or The first Settlers of New England showing Three Generations or Those who came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, (1862) , vol. 2, p. 190.

Sarah Foster¹

b. say 1677

Sarah Foster was born say 1677.¹

She married Thomas Hutchinson, son of Elisha Hutchinson and Hannah Hawkins.¹

Last Edited=1 Nov 2009

Child of Sarah Foster and Thomas Hutchinson

Thomas Hutchinson¹ b. 9 Sep 1711

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James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary or The first Settlers of New England showing Three Generations or Those who came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, (1862) , vol. 2, p. 510.

Solomon Low Foster¹

b. 27 September 1836

Solomon Low Foster|b. 27 Sep 1836|p646.htm#i49270|David Foster|b. 23 Aug 1809\nd. 4 Sep 1892|p640.htm#i49192|Angelina Webster Pingree|b. 21 Feb 1810\nd. 12 Jan 1877|p1387.htm#i49266|Philemon Foster|b. 5 Feb 1779\nd. 26 Nov 1845|p645.htm#i49179|Nabby Hobbs of Topsfield|b. 1778 or 1779\nd. 22 Sep 1857|p933.htm#i49188|||||||

Relationship=6th cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Solomon Low Foster was born on 27 September 1836.² He was the son of David Foster and Angelina Webster Pingree.¹

Solomon Low Foster was a patriot soldier in the Rebellion, and in 1906 was a gate man for the Boston & Maine railroad at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.³

He married Frances E. Doyle on 13 November 1867.²

He married Mary Abbie Langley on 7 September 1875.²

Last Edited=30 Aug 2009

Children of Solomon Low Foster and Mary Abbie Langley

Ida May Foster⁴ b. Jul 1876 or Aug 1876, d. Aug 1876
Gertrude Mabel Foster⁴ b. 7 Sep 1881

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 86.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 91.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 91-92.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 92.

Susan Eliza Foster¹

b. 25 December 1861

Susan Eliza Foster|b. 25 Dec 1861|p646.htm#i49289|Cyrus Foster|b. 27 Jul 1823\nd. 8 Mar 1898|p640.htm#i49197|Martha Mary Potter|b. 3 Apr 1830|p1403.htm#i49285|Philemon Foster|b. 5 Feb 1779\nd. 26 Nov 1845|p645.htm#i49179|Nabby Hobbs of Topsfield|b. 1778 or 1779\nd. 22 Sep 1857|p933.htm#i49188|||||||

Relationship=6th cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Susan Eliza Foster was born on 25 December 1861 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Cyrus Foster and Martha Mary Potter.¹

She married Fred Everett Worthington on 3 December 1890, and had no children.¹

Last Edited=29 Aug 2009

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 87.

Thomas Foster¹

b. 23 May 1708, d. 1733

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Thomas Foster was born on 23 May 1708 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, son of Samuel and Mary (Macoon) Foster.¹

He married Alice Perley, daughter of Isaac Perley and Frances ---(?)---, on 14 July 1731.¹

He probably died in 1733.¹

Last Edited=23 Aug 2009

Child of Thomas Foster and Alice Perley

John Foster¹ b. Jul 1732

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 43.

Walter Cummings Foster¹

b. 28 July 1836, d. 29 January 1893

Walter Cummings Foster|b. 28 Jul 1836\nd. 29 Jan 1893|p646.htm#i49240|Philemon Cummings Foster|b. 23 Mar 1805\nd. 1 Sep 1876|p645.htm#i49190|Eliza Jane Felton of Salem|d. 14 Oct 1837|p607.htm#i49237|Philemon Foster|b. 5 Feb 1779\nd. 26 Nov 1845|p645.htm#i49179|Nabby Hobbs of Topsfield|b. 1778 or 1779\nd. 22 Sep 1857|p933.htm#i49188|||||||

Relationship=6th cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine.

Charts: Descendants of Allen and Susannah (Bokeson) Perley

Walter Cummings Foster was born on 28 July 1836.² He was the son of Philemon Cummings Foster and Eliza Jane Felton of Salem.¹

He married Margaret Kneeland on 10 February 1864.²

He died on 29 January 1893 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 56 of heart disease, without issue.²

Last Edited=29 Aug 2009

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M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 86.
M. V. B. Perley, History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, Salem, Mass.: Published by the Compiler, (1906) , p. 90.

William Foster

b. 1617/18, d. 8 May 1698

Relationship=9th great-grandfather of Steven George Levine.

William Foster was born in 1617/18.¹
As of 1644, William lived at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹

He married Susanna ---(?)--- and moved to Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹

In August 1652, William Foster was admitted to the church at Charlestown.¹

He married Anne Brackenbury.¹

He died on 8 May 1698, aged 80.¹

Last Edited=27 Oct 2009

Children of William Foster

Isaac Foster+¹ b. s 1646, d. 20 Aug 1682
John Foster¹ b. 15 Jul 1656, d. 18 Dec 1659

Children of William Foster and Anne Brackenbury

Ann Foster+ b. 5 Sep 1658, d. 1 Dec 1695
Mary Foster¹ b. 6 May 1660
Richard Foster+¹ b. 10 Aug 1663, d. 27 Dec 1781
Elizabeth Foster¹ b. 5 Apr 1665
John Foster¹ b. 12 Aug 1666
Deborah Foster¹ b. 1 Mar 1668

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James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary or The first Settlers of New England showing Three Generations or Those who came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, (1862) , vol. 2, p. 191.

Abigail Fowler¹

Charts: Descendants of Thomas and Joan (Kirby) Hale

She married John Hale, son of John Hale and Olive Blake.¹

Last Edited=10 Sep 2009

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Robert Safford Hale, Genealogy of descendants of Thomas Hale of Watton, England, and of Newbury, Mass., Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company, printers, (1889) , p. 275.

Cynthia Fowler¹

Charts: Descendants of Thomas and Joan (Kirby) Hale

She married Moses Hale, son of John Hale and Olive Blake.¹

Last Edited=10 Oct 2009

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Robert Safford Hale, Genealogy of descendants of Thomas Hale of Watton, England, and of Newbury, Mass., Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company, printers, (1889) , p. 275.